I’m always fascinated when people really fervently believe, because I have such a hard time believing anything. When people have real faith in something, it’s fascinating to me. And the fact that so many people, in surveys, so many people say they do. It kind of blows my mind.

I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone.

A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike.

There's a lot of optimism in changing scenery, in seeing what's down the road.

I think there's a weird self-affirmation thing that happens in popular music in general. It seems like every song I hear on the radio is like, "Listen to me roar!" or "This is my fight song!"

For a sunrise or a sunset, you're manic or you're depressed. Will you ever feel ok?

It's hard to get people to focus on one idea.